HOUSE BILL No. 5259

 

 

November 28, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Iden and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 345, entitled

 

"Limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act,"

 

by amending section 11 (MCL 257.2111).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. (1) A vehicle subject to this act shall display a

 

consistent and distinctive signage, or emblem, that is approved by

 

the department or department of licensing and regulatory affairs

 

registration number at all times while the vehicle is being used to

 

provide transportation services or while the vehicle is being used

 

by a transportation network company driver for a transportation

 

network company prearranged ride or while the transportation

 

network company driver is available to receive a transportation

 

request. The signage, or emblem, or department of licensing and

 

regulatory affairs registration number shall satisfy all both of

 

the following:


     (a) The signage, or emblem, or department of licensing and

 

regulatory affairs registration number shall be sufficiently large

 

and color-contrasted to be readable visible during daylight hours

 

from a distance of at least 50 feet.and shall use numbers, letters,

 

or symbols that are at least 1-1/2 inches in height.

 

     (b) The signage or emblem shall be reflective.

 

     (b) (c) The signage, or emblem, or department of licensing and

 

regulatory affairs registration number shall sufficiently identify

 

the limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network

 

company with which the vehicle is affiliated. If a limousine

 

carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company

 

displays a department of licensing and regulatory affairs

 

registration number, the 10-digit registration number shall be

 

displayed with the "#" symbol prior to the registration number.

 

     (2) A limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation

 

network company that displays a department of licensing and

 

regulatory affairs registration number may also display its signage

 

or emblem, or the signage, emblem, or name of the dispatch service

 

with which it is affiliated.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.